The up's and down's

Darren & I often debate about why women live longer than men. Many people speculate that it is the stress & hardship of working outside the home for a living that does the guys in about 5- 10 years ealier. We talk about the ups & downs of his life & then talk about the ups & downs of mine. We are all on a roller coaster. People who work for a living outside the home ride rollercoaster that does go up & down, but in a "oooo here we go up a hill" way, or "ahhhh here we go down a hill" way. Stay at home parents on the other hand are on the kind of roller coaster that goes up & down more like the kind people pay $20 a ride for and stand in line for 4 hours for. Then THEY get off & go home. Stay at home moms, live strapped into a seat on this kind of roller coaster. There are really high highs & lows that make you know exactly where the grey hair is coming from.

Tonight we drove to the west side for dinner w/ my parents. Calvin screamed the whole way there - the whole 42 mintues. The kind of scream kids get for the 40 seconds after a shot at the doctors. The whole way. Then, while we were there... you get this kind of moment & you forget the intensity of the lows because you are on top of the world: